[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18047]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice 
that a virtual meeting is scheduled to be held for the Presidential 
Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB). 
The meeting will be available to the public through the live stream on 
hhs.gov/live. Individuals are encouraged to provide written public 
comment, submitted via email to [email protected]. Registration information 
is available on the PACCARB website http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb and 
should be completed by August 27, 2024, for the August 29, 2024, 
virtual Public Meeting. Additional information about registering for 
the meeting can be obtained at http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb on the 
Upcoming Meetings page.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled to be held on August 29, 2024, from 
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET (times are tentative and subject to change). 
The confirmed times and agenda items for the meeting will be posted on 
the website for the PACCARB at http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when this 
information becomes available. Pre-registration for attending the 
meeting is strongly suggested and should be completed no later than 
August 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The virtual meeting can be accessed through a live webcast 
on the day of the meeting at hhs.gov/live. Additional instructions 
regarding attending this meeting virtually will be posted at least one 
week prior to the meeting at: http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jomana Musmar, M.S., Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-
Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, 
Rockville, MD 20852. Phone: 202-746-1512; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Presidential Advisory Council on 
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB), established by 
Executive Order 13676, is continued by section 505 of Public Law 116-
22, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation 
Act of 2019 (PAHPAIA). Activities and duties of the PACCARB are 
governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA), Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. app.), which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of Federal advisory committees.
    The PACCARB advises and provides information and recommendations to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) regarding 
programs and policies intended to reduce or combat antibiotic-resistant 
bacteria that may present a public health threat and improve 
capabilities to prevent, diagnose, mitigate, or treat such resistance. 
The PACCARB functions solely for advisory purposes.
    Such advice, information, and recommendations may be related to 
improving: the effectiveness of antibiotics; research and advanced 
research on, and the development of, improved and innovative methods 
for combating or reducing antibiotic resistance, including new 
treatments, rapid point-of-care diagnostics, alternatives to 
antibiotics, including alternatives to animal antibiotics, and 
antimicrobial stewardship activities; surveillance of antibiotic-
resistant bacterial infections, including publicly available and up-to-
date information on resistance to antibiotics; education for health 
care providers and the public with respect to up-to-date information on 
antibiotic resistance and ways to reduce or combat such resistance to 
antibiotics related to humans and animals; methods to prevent or reduce 
the transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections; 
including stewardship programs; and coordination with respect to 
international efforts in order to inform and advance the United States 
capabilities to combat antibiotic resistance.
    The focus of the August 29, 2024, virtual meeting will be for the 
PACCARB to deliberate and vote on transmittal of the draft resolution 
letter from the Immediate Action Subcommittee to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services. The meeting agenda will be posted on the 
PACCARB website at http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb when it has been 
finalized. All agenda items are tentative and subject to change. 
Instructions regarding attending the meeting virtually will be posted 
at least one week prior to the meeting at: http://www.hhs.gov/paccarb.

    Dated: July 16, 2024.
Jomana F. Musmar,
Designated Federal Officer, Presidential Advisory Council on Combating 
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-18047 Filed 8-13-24; 8:45 am]
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